Christopher Lopez

In the aftermath of Saturday’s 28-12 Homecoming defeat to Dartmouth, football’s head coach Al Bagnoli took to the microphone at the press conference. Bagnoli has built a reputation during his time at the Ivy League for his incredibly cerebral postgame interview, having an impressive recall for various occurrences during the game.

Football will face a stiff challenge in undefeated Dartmouth, hosting the Big Green in its annual Homecoming game.

As head coach Al Bagnoli made the familiar walk from the field to the media room at a place he called home for 23 years, he was not entirely dejected. Despite the difficult loss, he acknowledged that the team fought hard in the end and he was proud of the effort.

Football will travel to Franklin Field in Philadelphia this weekend with a second straight victory over Penn in its sights.

After a deflating defeat to Princeton last week, football bounced back against Marist, as a strong performance from sophomore quarterback Josh Bean—starting just his second career game—led the Lions to a 34-24 victory.

Little went right for football in its 45-10 defeat to Princeton on Friday night at Wien Stadium. On a night when plenty of students traveled 100 blocks to see the game, the stadium was rocking after a 91-yard return on the opening kickoff by sophomore returner Will Allen. The Lions, however, only found the end zone once all game long, and could not stop Princeton.

Football sneaked out of Washington, D.C. Saturday with a narrow 23-15 victory that gave fans watching plenty of concern down the stretch. In the last nine minutes or so, Columbia nearly blew its lead, which should already have been larger given the Lions’ dominance during the first three quarters.

Football’s junior wide receiver Josh Wainwright suffered a torn ACL against Central Connecticut State last Saturday and will be sidelined for the rest of the season, according to head coach Al Bagnoli.

Each week, this column will provide a brief analysis that breaks down football’s game from that weekend, both looking to touch on things that our game story does not and to bring attention to areas that warrant it.

On Homecoming last year, the crowd stuffed to capacity in Robert Kraft Stadium witnessed one of the most miraculous comebacks in Columbia football history, as the Lions topped the Penn Quakers 34-31.